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== Purpose  ==
== Purpose  ==
The purpose is to examine our personal sandbox pages and clear out any locality/topic specific categories and replace it with the Sandbox Category. This is to remove categories from showing sandboxes in the list of Wiki pages with content regarding the category.
The purpose is to examine our personal sandbox pages and clear out any locality/topic specific categories and replace it with the Sandbox Category. This will help clean up category lists and only list relevant Wiki articles in that category. We are asking all missionaries to clean up their own sandbox pages.


== Contact  ==
== Contact  ==
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3. Replace YOURUSERNAME with your personal FamilySearch username. For example, <nowiki>{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Batsondl}}</nowiki><br>
3. Replace YOURUSERNAME with your personal FamilySearch username. For example, <nowiki>{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Batsondl}}</nowiki><br>
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4. This special code will list all of your CORRECTLY title sandbox names on this Sandbox.<br>
4. Now save the page. This special code will list all of your CORRECTLY titled sandbox pages onto this Sandbox page.<br>
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5. Starting with the first sandbox on your list, visit your page and see if you are currently using it for a project you are actively working on.<br><br>  
5. Starting with the first sandbox on your list, visit your page and see if you are currently using it for a project you are actively working on.<br><br>  
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===Part 1: Don't Need Content on the Page===
===Part 1: Don't Need Content on the Page===


1. If you've decided you no longer need to the content on the page, click on Edit source at the top of your sandbox Wiki page.<br>
1. If you've decided you no longer need the content on the page, click on Edit source at the top of your sandbox Wiki page.<br>
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2. Delete any content from the sandbox page as necessary, including any categories on the page. You may want to leave a note on the page for you to reuse the sandbox page, but there is no pressure to do so.<br>
2. Delete any content from the sandbox page as necessary, including any categories on the page. You may want to leave a note on the page for you to reuse the sandbox page, but there is no pressure to do so.<br>
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3. Now add the following wikitext code to the page. Or, if the sandbox category is already on the page, do not delete it.<br>
3. If the sandbox category is already on the page, do not delete it. If it is not on the page, add the following wikitext code to the page: <br>
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  <nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki><br>
  <nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki><br>
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3. Save the Wiki page. You can leave a summary message if you wish, but it is not required.<br>
3. Save the Wiki page. You can leave a summary message if you wish, but it is not required.<br>
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4. Check the bottom of the Wiki page to make sure the only category listed is Sandbox and that it is a working link.<br>
4. Check the bottom of the Wiki page to make sure the only category listed is "Sandbox" and that it is a working link.<br>
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5. Return to your sandbox page with your list of sandbox pages and choose the next one.<br>
5. Return to the list of sandbox pages and choose the next one to review.<br>
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6. When you have completed reviewing your sandbox pages, put the date you finished on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dhJ-b9Tyx-HasB4YIAs138paeaDqfuiLTPX0SHgT5cA/edit?usp=sharing Task List].<br>
6. When you have completed reviewing all of your sandbox pages, put the date you finished on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dhJ-b9Tyx-HasB4YIAs138paeaDqfuiLTPX0SHgT5cA/edit?usp=sharing Task List].<br>
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==Part 2: Keep Content on the Page==
==Part 2: Keep Content on the Page==


1. If you are currently working on the sandbox page, you may leave the content as is.<br>  
1. If you wish to keep the content, you may leave the content as is. <br>  
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2. In addition to the category on the page, check to see if there is a Sandbox category on the page. If it is not, add the following wikitext code to help identify that this is a sandbox page.<br>  
2. In addition to the category regarding the content on the page, check to see if there is a Sandbox category on the page. If there is not a Sandbox category, add the following wikitext code to help identify that this is a sandbox page.<br>  
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  <nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki><br>
  <nowiki>[[Category:Sandbox]]</nowiki><br>
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3. Save the Wiki page. You can leave a summary message if you wish, but it is not required.<br>
3. Save the Wiki page. You can leave a summary message if you wish, but it is not required.<br>
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4. Return to your sandbox page with your list of sandbox pages and choose the next one.<br>
4. Check the bottom of the Wiki page to make sure the only category listed is "Sandbox" and that it is a working link.<br>
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5. When you have completed reviewing your sandbox pages, put the date you finished on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dhJ-b9Tyx-HasB4YIAs138paeaDqfuiLTPX0SHgT5cA/edit?usp=sharing Task List].<br>
5. Return to the list of sandbox pages and choose the next one to review.<br>
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6. When you have completed reviewing your sandbox pages, put the date you finished on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dhJ-b9Tyx-HasB4YIAs138paeaDqfuiLTPX0SHgT5cA/edit?usp=sharing Task List].<br>
 
==Additional Information about this Project==
*We would like you to finish reviewing and fixing all of your Sandbox pages by July 1, 2023.
*If you have an old sandbox page you wish to delete, blank the page and paste the following template on the Wiki page:
<nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki>
 
 


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